Climate Change, Future, Personal and Waste

C40 Cities: urban consumption-based emissions must be cut by 50% by 2030, 66% for high-income areas; buildings, food, transport, clothing, electronics, appliances, aviation

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2019

The new research, The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5°C Food: Mayors, business, and citizens in C40 cities could together take actions to reduce consumption-based emissions from food by an average of 31-37% by 2030, depending on the target level, by moving to a plant-based diet, eating healthy quantities and avoiding waste.

Emissions

Emissions Building Transportation Waste

KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. The 10 global sustainability megaforces that may impact business over the next two decades are: Climate Change: This may be the one global megaforce that directly impacts all others. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge.

Climate Change

Climate Change Water Climate Global

IEEE President’s Note: Connecting the Unconnected

Cars That Think

JUNE 1, 2023

At IEEE, we know that the advancement of science and technology is the engine that drives the improvement of the quality of life for every person on this planet. As a person who believes in the power of technology to benefit humanity, I find this to be a very compelling vision for our shared future.

Connect

Connect Connected Climate Change South America

AI’s Threats to Jobs and Human Happiness Are Real

Cars That Think

MAY 12, 2022

One such effort is a book that came out last fall called AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future. Kai-Fu Lee , an AI expert who leads the venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures , and Chen Qiufan , a science fiction author known for his novel Waste Tide. Charles Simonyi , the person who created Microsoft word.

Personal

Personal Universal Climate Change Engine

I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Chevron Oil

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass.

Store

Store Solar Building Oil-Sands

The BMW Group’s 360-degree approach to sustainability

EV Central

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The phrase “as the seasons change” has taken a whole new meaning in the past few years, as the seasons really do feel like they’re different now – wetter, hotter, drier, somewhere in the world seems to be constantly in crisis on any given day. Every part of the i-Vision Circular has been designed to minimise waste, and weight.

BMW

BMW Saudi Arabia Concept IDEA

Greenius Says No to Offshore Drilling. Mr. President, You Are Following A Failed Strategy & Wasting Time

Creative Greenius

APRIL 3, 2010

They will gain nothing from these drop-in-the-bucket increases of legacy, carbon-filled dirty energy – but they will lose a chance at the better future they and their families could have had if the President and Congress had the backbone or the leadership qualities to do the right thing instead of selling out.

Climate Change

Climate Change Waste Obama Timor

The Transformative Role of Electric Vehicles in Shaping Smart Cities

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The integration of EVs aligns with the global imperative to mitigate climate change and reduce the environmental footprint of urban transportation. The electric drivetrain is highly efficient in converting stored energy from batteries into motion, minimizing energy waste.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Vehicles Electric Electrical

What are some New Year’s Resolutions I can make to help the environment?

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 26, 2024

Commit to reducing waste by embracing practices like reusing, repurposing and recycling. Also, strive to reduce food waste by planning meals, composting organic waste and supporting initiatives that redistribute surplus food to those in need. Luckily there are lots of ways to put your resolve to work for the planet.

Environment

Environment Waste Water Personal

Thankful To Be Home — And ALIVE!

Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Then I almost got carsick with the bag on my head smelling faintly of cilantro as we did what seemed like an endless series of donuts, attempted drifts and all manner of diversion tactics I’m certain were a complete waste of time. “Well maybe not you, personally… If you help us.” We did our homework.

Chevron

Chevron Re-Charge Climate Change Climate

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. While everyone agrees that Barack Obama has made a huge difference in the future of renewables, attendees were worried about the cap and trade provisions of the 2009 Energy Bill.

Financing

Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy

Can Electronics Become Compostable?

Cars That Think

JANUARY 10, 2024

Stephen Cass: Hello and welcome to Fixing the Future, an IEEE Spectrum podcast, where we look at concrete solutions to some big problems. Hakola: Well, of course, EU is developing the regulations all the time, so there might come new enforcements in the future. Electronic waste is notoriously very difficult to waste.

Finland

Finland Waste Manufacturer Future

Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. More Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat.

2009

2009 Industrial Industry Electric Cars

It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 12, 2009

We already gave the Killer Coal Family a chance to stop disrespecting us and make things right - but what did those climate-changing con artists do instead? They aimed more smokestacks at us and dumped toxic waste in our neighborhoods while they paid off the cops and the justice system to get away with it. And we cook spaghetti.

Coal

Coal Carbon Climate Tax

Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination

Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2023

Can advanced semiconductors cut emissions of greenhouse gases enough to make a difference in the struggle to halt climate change? Such a change is actually well underway. Virtually everywhere that alternating current must be transformed to direct current or vice versa, there will be fewer wasted watts.

Green

Green Conversion Power Powered

IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Although the recovery in the world economy since 2009 has been uneven, and future economic prospects remain uncertain, global primary energy demand rebounded by a remarkable 5% in 2010, pushing CO 2 emissions to a new high. Subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption of fossil fuels jumped to over $400 billion. —WEO 2011.

Oil

Oil Transportation Cheap Fleet

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles. Electrically-powered vehicles called plug-in electric vehicles, (PEVs), can shift us from exclusive use of gasoline and diesel to offer a pathway to a future of burning no fossil materials. To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish. Conclusions.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

Nielsen global survey finds concerns about climate change slipping behind concerns over other environmental issues; air and water pollution top worries, pesticide use #3

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2011

Other environmental concerns have pushed ahead of climate change on a global average basis. But the areas where concern is mounting fastest among 73% of global online consumers is worry over the use of pesticides, packaging waste and water shortages, with reported concern increasing 16, 14 and 13 percentage points, respectively.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Water Pollution

Your Greenius Earth Day Reality Check: Waiting For The Magic Bullet

Creative Greenius

APRIL 22, 2012

You might even get the chance to hug a person wearing a polar bear costume. But what you cannot do at any Earth Day event – or any other day’s events – is change the sense of urgency of the U.S. I have given up on any hopes I once had that we’ll respond to climate change in time to avoid seeing it metastasize during my lifetime.

Climate Change

Climate Change Coal Los Angeles Solar

Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I In the city of the future, could power suppliers be rivalled by innovative construction firms?

Grid

Grid Green Electric Cars Cars

Your Greenius Earth Day Reality Check: Waiting For The Magic Bullet

Creative Greenius

APRIL 22, 2012

You might even get the chance to hug a person wearing a polar bear costume. But what you cannot do at any Earth Day event – or any other day’s events – is change the sense of urgency of the U.S. I have given up on any hopes I once had that we’ll respond to climate change in time to avoid seeing it metastasize during my lifetime.

Climate Change

Climate Change Coal Los Angeles Solar

Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. " Even before visiting BYD, Sokol believed in electric cars.

BYD

BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars

World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

APRIL 13, 2021

But while making positive, meaningful changes, it is also fairly easy to put them off. That’s why we’re launching #TheGreenReset – a national initiative challenging householders worldwide to swap their wasteful ways for environmentally friendly alternatives. Reduce food miles & minimise waste. What’s not to like?

Green

Green Mariner Buy Waste

Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

Grid

Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands

California Goes To Hell In A Handbasket But Greenius Says AB 811 is Our Route To Green Heaven

Creative Greenius

JULY 25, 2009

The contractors then come out and weatherize, replace doors and windows, add solatubes, replace antiquated energy wasting heat and air with new, high efficient energy saving systems, or add solar hot water or electric power generation, depending on your home’s needs and the most bang for your energy buck. Santa Monica.

California

California Green Los Angeles Stimulus Package

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. But starting to raise immediate finance is more important than determining its exact future size.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

Former EPA exec Margo Oge explains the new federal emissions rules

Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2022

To help us sort out how the new policies are likely to unfold, we turned to Margo Oge, former Director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality and author of the book Driving the Future. For me, the most important thing is that there is an urgency across the planet to address climate change.

EPA

EPA Emissions Standards Legal

EV Driven

C40 Cities: urban consumption-based emissions must be cut by 50% by 2030, 66% for high-income areas; buildings, food, transport, clothing, electronics, appliances, aviation

KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

IEEE President’s Note: Connecting the Unconnected

AI’s Threats to Jobs and Human Happiness Are Real

I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

The BMW Group’s 360-degree approach to sustainability

Greenius Says No to Offshore Drilling. Mr. President, You Are Following A Failed Strategy & Wasting Time

The Transformative Role of Electric Vehicles in Shaping Smart Cities

What are some New Year’s Resolutions I can make to help the environment?

Thankful To Be Home — And ALIVE!

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Can Electronics Become Compostable?

Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination

IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Nielsen global survey finds concerns about climate change slipping behind concerns over other environmental issues; air and water pollution top worries, pesticide use #3

Your Greenius Earth Day Reality Check: Waiting For The Magic Bullet

Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Your Greenius Earth Day Reality Check: Waiting For The Magic Bullet

Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

World Earth Day & The Green Reset

Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

California Goes To Hell In A Handbasket But Greenius Says AB 811 is Our Route To Green Heaven

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Former EPA exec Margo Oge explains the new federal emissions rules

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